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Release Date: January 10, 2019

105 Hamilton Wenham Students Qualify for DECA State Career Development Conference

On Thursday, January 10, Hamilton Wenham DECA competed at the District 3 Career Development Conference held at Merrimack College in North Andover. Eleven schools and over 850 students participated in the business competition in over 50 categories of marketing, hospitality, finance and entrepreneurship.

Hamilton Wenham sent 176 DECA students and 105 qualified for the DECA State Career Development Conference to be held March 7-9 in Boston. At the awards ceremony, those who place top 6 in their category were called to the stage to accept an award.

Team and series competitors took a 100-question test, then performed a role-play in front of judges. Role-plays are common business scenarios where the student is asked to solve a problem and present their solution to the judge. Project competitors conducted research, prepared a paper, and presented their ideas on the day of the conference.

The DECA program is in its third year at Hamilton Wenham this year and is led by Business Teacher and DECA Advisor Laura Wheeler. As the program has grown to include more than one third of the school, Stefanie Rogal, Academic Coordinator of the RISE program, has joined Mrs. Wheeler as an Advisor. DECA is a co-curricular student organization of high school business students with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, 4 US territories, Canada, Mexico, Germany and beyond. DECA helps students develop transferable skills for college and career, builds self-esteem, provides leadership opportunities, and stresses community involvement.